by Doug Mayo | Oct 20, 2017
This week’s featured video shares the unique history of domestication of five familiar fruits and vegetables. The video produced by Business Insider shows how farmers and scientists have been modifying genes for thousands of years through natural breeding and...
by Blake Thaxton | Sep 22, 2017
Pecans are grown throughout the Panhandle of Florida. The western side of the Panhandle tends to be acreage dedicated to home gardeners, while the eastern counties have more commercial acreage. Regardless, many in the agriculture community are interested in pecans,...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 22, 2017
Last week the featured video highlighted the terrible damage to the Citrus Industry in Southwest Florida caused by Hurricane Irma. The damage from this storm was immense, but people all over the state are banding together to help people in need. This week’s...
by Josh Freeman | Sep 15, 2017
As if the fall season wasn’t challenging enough from a pest and disease perspective, throw in a hurricane and it gets much worse. Luckily, the storm missed most of the Panhandle. Tomato and cucurbit producing areas in Gadsden and Jackson counties likely saw the...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 15, 2017
This week’s featured video was a CBS News report on the damage from Hurricane Irma to Citrus in Southwest Florida. The story features Paul Meador, Citrus Grower and Gene McAvoy, UF/IFAS Regional Vegetable Agent, who were out earlier this week assessing damage...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 4, 2017
This week’s featured video was produced by Erin Freel to promote TKM Bengard Farms, Belle Glade. This video highlights the four generations of the Basor family that produces 15 different types of lettuce and other produce in the rich, fertile muck soils just...
